Shloka 22

Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)

Devanagari script

न हि दुःखं समाप्रोषि सैरन्ध्री यदुपाश्रुते । तेन मां दुःखितामेवं पृच्छसे प्रहसन्निव

Transliteration

na hi duḥkhaṃ samāproṣi sairandhrī yad upāśrute | tena māṃ duḥkhitām evaṃ pṛcchase prahasan niva ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «ဆိုင်ရန်ဓရီ၊ ငါ့အပေါ် ကျရောက်လာသော ဒုက္ခကို သင် အမှန်တကယ် မမျှဝေခံစားနိုင်သကဲ့သို့၊ ထိုဒုက္ခကိုလည်း ဖယ်ရှားပေးနိုင်ခြင်း မရှိ။ ထို့ကြောင့် သင်သည် ဒုက္ခရောက်နေသူကို ရယ်မောကာ လှောင်ပြောင်သကဲ့သို့ ဤသို့ မေးမြန်းနေသည်»။

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दुःखम्: sorrow, pain
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• समाप्रोषि: you dwell/abide (in), you experience
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + प्र + वस् (प्रवस्/वस्)
• Form: present, second, singular, parasmaipada

• सैरन्ध्रि: O Sairandhrī (maidservant)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैरन्ध्री
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• यत्: which/that (sorrow)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• उपाश्रुते: is heard/comes to be heard, is reported
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + श्रु (श्रु)
• Form: present, third, singular, ātmanepada

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter/masculine, instrumental, singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

• दुःखिताम्: sorrowful, afflicted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• पृच्छसे: you ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: present, second, singular, ātmanepada

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + हस्
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical sensitivity: questioning a sufferer without empathy can become cruelty. True concern either shares the burden or seeks to relieve it; otherwise, inquiry may feel like ridicule.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa court setting, Sairandhrī (Draupadī in disguise) speaks with a woman who is distressed. The speaker responds sharply, saying Sairandhrī neither experiences nor can remove her pain, so her questioning seems like mockery.